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2001 Session

Budget Amendments - HB1600 (Committee Approved)

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VPI-Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (language only)

Item 239 #5h

Item 239 #5h

Education: Higher Education
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Language
Page 236, after line 11, insert:
"K.  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is hereby authorized to participate with representatives from the City of Danville, County of Pittsylvania, Averett College, Danville Community College, the Future of the Piedmont Foundation, and other groups in the Southside Virginia region to plan the development of the proposed Institute for Advanced Learning and Research and to assist in planning and developing a facility to house the proposed institute.  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is authorized to act as fiscal agent to receive and expend funds on behalf of the proposed institute until such time as an authority, or similar legal entity, is established to operate the facility."


Explanation
(This amendment authorizes Virginia Tech to work with other entities and to act as fiscal agent in the development of a proposed Institute for Advanced Learning and Research in the Southside Virginia region.)